Al Urbanski
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- 9/19/2021
Phillips Edison sells California center
Phillips Edison & Company, one of the nation’s leading owner-operator of neighborhood centers, has sold Atwater Marketplace in Atwater, Calif. For an undisclosed price to a private investor. - 9/16/2021
Dayton’s project developer retakes control of the historic Minneapolis property
The Dayton's Project in downtown Minneapolis is back in the hands of its original developer. - 9/16/2021
First Look: American Dream opens its 300,000-sq.-ft. luxury retail wing
The Avenue, American Dream’s long-awaited, art-bedecked luxury wing opened September 17 with the world’s largest Hermés store and New Jersey’s only Saks Fifth Avenue among its tenants. - 9/15/2021
Burlington opens second store in Kalamazoo metro
Burlington Stores has signed at Maple Hill Pavilion in Kalamazoo, Mich., and plans to open there this fall. It’s Burlington’s second story in that metro, the other being located in Portage, Mich. - 9/14/2021
Art and commerce meet in Westfield’s can-petition
This major mall owner invited suppliers and allied businesses to erect sculptures in its malls. - 9/12/2021
Ripco hires Cushman vet to manage retail leasing in Manhattan and Brooklyn
Betty Castro, who directed Cushman & Wakefield’s Manhattan office leasing for the past three years, has moved into a similar role in retail leasing with Ripco Real Estate. - 9/12/2021
5Qs for Brian Finnegan on changes in neighborhood center tenants
Mall owners have spent a lot of the last year in lease renegotiations with tenants. Not so much with owner-operators of community and neighborhood centers, according to Brixmor chief revenue officer Brian Finnegan. - 9/12/2021
First Look: Pop-up replica of Moe’s Tavern from 'The Simpsons' opens for business
Homer’s hangout, Moe’s Tavern, is now open for a short time at Springfield Mall in Springfield, Pa. - 9/8/2021
Visitors under 18 must be with an adult to enter Lenox Square in Buckhead
Simon Property Group has established a “Youth Supervision Policy” requiring kids under 18 to be accompanied by a parent or other adult when entering its Lenox Square mall in Atlanta’s fashionable Buckhead district after 3 p.m. - 9/7/2021
New owner plans new life for Willow Bend mall in Plano
Spinoso Real Estate Group has acquired Shops at Willow Bend—the mall in Plano, Texas, that Starwood Retail Group renovated in 2016—with plans to make changes that will increase traffic.
